Continued reading of Organization Means Commitment by Grace Lee Boggs. You can find the full video in my bio. In this section of Organization Means Commitment, Grace Lee Boggs challenges us to stop mechanically applying past revolutionary strategies to our current moment without doing the work of analyzing our own conditions. Marx and Lenin developed their theories through systematic reflection on their specific realities, and we have to do the same today. Boggs argues that the primary contradiction in the United States is not simply economic, but the contradiction between our advanced productive capacity and our lack of political consciousness and social responsibility. We have the ability to meet people’s needs, but we have not developed the culture, institutions, or consciousness to govern ourselves in a way that benefits everyone. Revolution, then, is not just about overthrowing systems, but transforming ourselves and building new ways of living and organizing.